Attachment for vehicle-wheels.



No; 849,031. PATENTED APR. 2. 1907.

V D. WARD.

ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLE WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.21'.1907.

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DELL WARD, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FIFTH TO JOHN KELSEY AND ONE-FIFTH TO HENRY J. HERBERT, BOTH OF DE- .TROIT, MICHIGAN, ONE-FIFTH TO JOSEPH R. TAYLOR, OF GRAND RAP- IDS, MICHIGAN, AND ONE-FIFTH TO WALLACE W. JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

mated April 2, 1907.

Application filed January 21,1907. Serial No. 353,261.

1o able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to" im rovements in attachments for vehicle-whee s; and its'object is to provide a device that may be read 15. ily applied to any ordinary wheel for vehicles and when so applied that will provide the wheel with a spring-supported and yielding rim, and to provide the device with various 2 new and useful features hereinafter more 20 fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a wheel with my device attached thereto; Fig. 2, a vertical,

25 section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig.3, a detail of the rim forming a part of my device; Fig. 4, a detail of the hub-plate to which the springs are attached; Fig; 5, a

, detail of one of the clips, and Fig. 6 a detail 0 of one of the springs.

Likenumbers refer to like parts in all of 1-'represents. the hub, 2 the rim, and 3 the spokes, of a vehicle-wheel, which wheel may 5 be of any'ordin'ary construction, the form shown being-what is commonly known as the artillery-wheel. Theform "of the wheel, however, isj'not material, asmydevice is I adaptedto be attached to any of the usual 40 forms'of wheels.

4 represents a disk or plate havinf a central opening to receive theouteren of the hub of thewheel, said disk being provided with marginal openings 9 for attachment of 4 5 the radial springs .8. This disk when a plied may either displace the outer disk or. p ate of the artillery style of-wheel-ormay be placed on the outerend of'the hub' and in contact withthe same or the outer flange or spokes 5c of any other-wheel as ordinarily constructed.

In any event'it is intended to be located somewhat outside the plane of the SPOkGS VVhQI'BT by the springs will be inclined to the plane of the wheel-rim for the purpose hereinafter mentioned.

The rim of my device, as shown, consists of a ring 5, preferably provided Witha solid tire 12, of elastic material, and having inwardly-projecting lugs 6 attached thereto at regular intervals corresponding in numberto ta'ched. Said lugs are perforated to receive the bolts or rivets 11 .for securing the clips 7 in place, which clips consist of U-shaped members adapted to embrace the rim 20f the wheel and permit the same to slide freely therein. The inner ends of these clips are reduced, and the springs 8 are provided with hooks at their respective ends and arranged radially midway between the spokes of the wheel, with one end attached to theplate 4 and the other end attached to the opposite clip 7 These springs are attached under tension and yieldingly hold the outer rim 5. spaced apart from the rim 2 of the Wheel and concentric with the axis thereof.

-6 o the spokes of a Wheel to which itis to be at The rim 2 of the wheel slides freely within the clips 7 and is held from rattlin'gtherein' by the inclined arrangement of thesprin s,

.which tend to maintain contact between t e rim 2 and one side of the clips 7. The rim 2 of the wheel is also freely rotative. about'its axis in the clips, but the springs tendto hold the same adjusted, so that the springs willbe radial and the spokes of thewheel midway This construction thus between the clips.

forms a yielding connection between the outer rim 5 and the wheel proper, whereby any sudden impulse is taken up bythis ro tary movement, thus neutralizing the inter mittent or jerking motion of an engine in propelling a vehicle or sudden application of the clutch, as in automobile practice, which motion unpleasant for the occupants ofthe vehicle and puts undue strains on the transmitting mechanism. To prevent the spokes from comingin contact with the clips, pins 10 are inserted in the Wheekrim 2, which pins limit the rotary movement of the-wh'eel-rim in. the cli sby contactingthe latter.

-1.' A wheel attachment comprising 'a plate or disk having a central opening to I'QCBIVG, the outer endcf the hub ofa vehicle-wheeha.

ring to surround the rim of saidwheel, clips toembrace said rim and siidahly engage the same, means for attaohingthe clips and ring,

and. springs adapted to connect the disk and clips. y

2. A wheel attachment eomprisingaring to surround the rin'iof'a vehriolekwheel i-and spaced apart therefrom, U-shaped clips to slidably embrace the-"rim of'said wheel} means for attaching theelips to the ring, a centralinembenadapted to engage the hub of the wheel, and contractile springs adapted to connect said clips to said central IIIGIUbGIH In combination with a vehiclefwheel, a central niemher attached to the ,hn-blof Tithe wheel, clips slidably embracing thehrim of the wheel, a ring surrounding. the rifn'ofth'e wheel and spaced apart therefrom, means for attaching the clips to the ring, and springs connecting the central member and the clips,

4. In combination with a vehicle-wheel, a disk having a central opening'to receive the outerend of the hub and attached to the hub outside the plane of the rim of the wheel,

clips embracing and slidably engaging the k in presence of two witnesses.

rin tof the wheel,- a ring surrounding the rim of the wheel and spaced apart therefrom, "means forattaching the clips to the ring, and

contractile radial springs arranged inclined to the lane oi the rim and ring, said springs being attached at one end to the clips and at side of the ring and having bolt-openings,

U-sl1aped clips slidaloly embracing the wheelriinand bolted to the lugs, and springs having hooks at their respective ends to engagethe openings in the disk and the inner ends of the clips.

In testimony wh ereoi I affix my signature DELL WARD W'itncsses:

GEORGIANA Cim'on,

L. V. A'IoriuroN. 

